St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-26
THEY STAND TWO AND TWO
Minneapolis Beats ST. Paul in Their
Fourth Game for the Magnificent
Morton Trophy.
Eau Claire Plays at Home and Has But
Little Trouble in Defeating the
Duluth Mine.
Oshkosh Walks Away With Des Moines
in Game Which Was Decidedly
0ne-Sidsd.
Chicago Downed by Boston---Hudson to
Sign With St. Louis---Amsrican
Association Contests.

The fourth game for the Morton tro-
ply and the championship of the Twin
Cities WAS played by the ST. Paul and
Minneapolis teams yesterday afternoon
on the grounds of the latter. In spite
OF numerous and costly errors, Mime
apoliS won the game by superior batting
and base running, and the good crowd
saw game that was interesting, if not
perfect. Minneapolis batted hard and
punched hits at timely places, while st.
Paul seemed unable to do anything
when most needed. klopf, who was
to have pitched for Minneapolis,
split his finger lust before
the game and was unable to play. Mo
riarity went into the box and pitched an
old-time game, holding the st. Paul
sluggers down to eight hits. Only three
base hits would have been made bat for
errors, the other five being made after
the side should have been out, in which
case Pickett. Cleveland, Murphy and
McCauley would have been retired
without a hit. Murray and McKeever
are both knocked out. and an amateur
named Hart was put in to catch. He
was nervous and his
PASSED BALLS
in the early part of the game gave st.
Paul most OF their runs. He was also
weak at the bat, being the only Mime
apoliS man who did not secure a lclean
hit. For st. Paul. Duryea was put i'll
the box and was lighted upon for two
home runs, two double and eleven
singles, bringing in seven earned runs.
st. Paul played a fine field game, with
the exception of Legg, whose catching
and base throwing was poor, though he
or f.r-s, nlt II
game were fine running catches by
Winkleman, Foster and Murphy and
the batting of MeiSter and Shaw.
In the third inning, with the bases
full, Meister pasted the ball to the rail-
road track for a home run. In the fifth,
when a fielder'S choice and MeiSterS
two-bagger had put two men on bases,
Shaw duplicated MeiSter's four-bag hit,
and three more runs came in. The
game opened with Minneapolis at the
bat. Halves hit an easy foul to Legg, and
Patton struck out. Foster hit cracker
to center field, and was advanced base
by five balls to Winkleman, both stay
ing there while MOriarity hit an easy
grounder to first. In the second, after
MeiSter had
HIT \ FLY
to Cleveland. Shaw drove a single to
left field, stole second and third and
came home on Tuckerman'S hit to right
center. LII the third Halves was thrown
out by Cleveland, Patton hit safely, stole
second and got to third ahead of Fosters
hit to fraZee, the batter getting life
and taking second on a passed ball.
Winkleman'S base on balls filled the
bags. MOriarity struck out and Meister
cleared the bases with hit over the
left-tield fence. In the fifth Legg
EnsfAT-c CfriIy tha
runner got 10 second, going out at third
on Winkleman'S hit to Duryea. MORT
arity again famed out and Winkleman
was advanced to third by MeiSter'S
double over Viau'S head. Shaw cleared
the bases on drive over the left-tield
fence and Tuckerman ended the inning
with an easy one to McCauley. Wrinkle
man opened the seventh with a hit over
second and was advanced bag by
MOriarity'S single. FraZee fumbled
Meister'S hit, and CleveIand's low throw
and two passed balls let in three un-
earned runs. After two men were out
in the eighth Foster hit for base, stole
second and scored on McCauley's tumble
Of FraZee'S throw.
ST. PAUL BEGAN TO SCORE
IN the first inning. Murphy led off with
hit and got to third on passed balls.
Cleveland struck out. McCauley got a
base on balls and second on a passed
ball, on which Murphy scored. Pickett
famed out and Viau died on grounder
to first. Prescott opened the second
with hit and was forced out at second
by Legg's hit to Shaw, the latter scoring
on fumbleS by Meister and Shaw, Fra
zee and Cleveland hitting easy in-field
balls. A hit by McCauley in the third Fos-
ter's muff of Viau's high fly, .Prescott's
hit by pitched ball, Legg'S single and
Duryea's double brought in three I'M
covered runs and tied the score. ST.
Paul never again overlook the lead. In
the sixth Aloriarity'S wide throw to first
gave Cleveland the third bag and he
scored on Patton'S slow throw to first
and a faulty decision of the umpire. In
the seventh, Shaw and Foster both
failed to hold Duryea's hit and the long
twirler scored after Foster had made a
brilliant catch of FraZer's fly. In the
eighth Hart made wild throw
Of Cleveland'S fourth strike and gave
him a life. \ tumble by Shaw
and two passed balls, aided by another
bad decision, gave two more runs. In
the ninth, with two men out, Tucker
man dropped Murphy's fly and the run
ner scored on Cleveland'S three-bagger
over Fosters head. The game was
marked by brilliant and bungling plays
intermingled. and by the poor Judgment
OF Daley, by which both teams suffered.
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